Glove-fastener



UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT G. MEAD, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO W. B. H. DOWVSE, TRUSTEE, OFNEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,161, datedSeptember 23, 1890.

Application filed November '7, 1889 Serial No. 329,502. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. MEAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFasteners, of which I declare the following to be a full specification,reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

Figure 1 is a section through the dome of the button-hole member of thefastener. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the flanged stud-receiving case,and Fig. 3 of the washer used in the button member. Fig. 4 is a planview of the spring-stud or resilient portion of the button-member; Fig.5, a sectional view of the same. Fig. 6 is a section through thebutton-hole member secured to the material, and Fig. 7 is a similar viewof the button 7 member.

be seen.

My invention consists of a cheap and efficient fastener for garments,gloves, and other articles, being especially practical by reason of thesmall number of parts entering into its construction. In the presentstate of the art the great desideratum is to produce a fastenerpresenting a neat button-like appear ance and .so simple in itsconstruction as to enable it to be cheaply produced. I11 most, if notall, the marketable spring-fasteners now useda large number of smallparts are employed, thus making the cost considerable. In my improvedfastener I make the male and the female members of the fastener each intwo parts only, thus producing them very cheaply and at the same timeobtaining a fastener of extremely neat appearance.

The female or button-hole member of my fastener consists of the dome orcap A and the flanged stud-receiving case B. The dome, which rests onthe top of the material of the upper flap of the garment, glove, orother article to which the fastener is applied, and is hence the partmost exposed to view, should be of a neat shape, presenting, preferably,a somewhat button-like appearance. The important feature of this part isthat it-has a central rounded chamber A, having a contracted mouth a,for the purposes presently to Aside from this the particular shape ofthe dome is immaterial, though I prefer to have it conform somewhat tothat of abutton. As herein shown, there is a neat annularconvexly-rounded portion a surrounding 5 5 the central chamber A.

B is the case or socket which holds the stud of the button member whenthe parts are engaged together. It consists of a flanged cup having acontracted mouth I) at the bottom or flanged end thereof to embrace theneck of the stud when inserted therein, and whose interior is ofsufficient diameter to contain easily within it the head of the stud.

The tubular portion of the cup,.aside from 6 5 serving as a casing forthe stud, performs also the function of a tubular rivet in holding thetwo parts A and B together and to the material. To this end the dome Ais placed with its central ehamberA above the hole in the material, andthe tubular portion of the part B is passed up from beneath. -Bypressure between suitably-shaped dies the said tubular portion isrounded out within the chamber A, forming abutton-hole niember of theconstruction shown in Fig. 6.

Referring now to the button or male member, D is the spring-stud struckup from a plain metal blank having a substantially cir cular flange andprovided with two or more wings d, bent back upon the flange and bearingrounded spring-ears cl, forming a somewhat spherical head. The flange ofthe stud 'has the central tubular eyelet d drawn therefrom, thespring-ears, wings, flange,and eyelet being all integral or in onepiece. The other part of the button member is the washer C, which may beflat, or, as herein shown, convexly rounded. The flanged stud D rests ontop of the material and the washer C beneath it, the eyelet 01 beingrounded out within the washer and thus clinched thereto,

as shown in Fig. 7.

I claim- 1. In a glove-fastener, a female member made in two parts andconsisting of a dome provided with a central chamber A, having acontracted mouth a, in combination with a flanged tubular stud-receivingcase clinched in said central chamber and provided with I00 a contractedmouth 19, substantially as described.

. 2. In a glove-fastener, a female member made in two parts andconsisting of a dome provided with a central chamber having a contractedmonth, and a convexly-ronnded annular portion a, surrounding saidchamber, in combination with a flanged tubular studreceiving caseclinched in said central chamber and having a contracted mouth,substantially as described.

3. In a glove-fastenena male member consisting of the combination, witha one-piece 1o flanged stud D, having wings bearingspringears, and atubular eyelet (I struck from said flange integral therewith, of awasher 0, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ALBERT G. MEAD.

Witnesses:

WM. 1;. II. Dowsn, ALBERT E. LEACI-L

